11:45 a.m.: After unpacking and sorting through my camera gear, not only do I find my ring flash cracked in four places, but with all the freezing rain in the morning when getting out of the limo at the W, I realize I left a bag full of stands and tripods behind. Crap! Eddie finds the number and I make contact. The driver is out with a client but will call later in the afternoon.
12:35 p.m.: Eddie and I meet up with Gordon and his coworkers for lunch. They're a great group of guys.
1:42 p.m.: Eddie, Gordon, and I are in a cab on the way to PM Models' office to meet with the two models I'm supposed to shoot this Friday. Think interview, only hot chicks. I get a phone call on my cell. It's the limo driver who is now in front of the W hotel. I tell him we already left and ask if he can meet us at the PM office in ten minutes. We synchronize watches.
1:52 p.m.: We get to the office just as the limo driver pulls up. He gives me my bag and I give him two twenties for his effort.
1:58 p.m.: In the office and talking to Kim and her models: Melanie, Marie, Bess, and Mack, the fashion stylist. With all the running around and lack of sleep I can't remember three-fourths of the conversation, but we prep for the video interview with Melanie tomorrow with the new Scions, and discuss wardrobe options for the photoshoot on Friday.
2:32 p.m.: In a cab heading to Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, the venue for the New York International Auto Show.
2:48 p.m.: Walk to Scion booth only to find out the iQ and tC are under wraps until the reveal the next day. Crap, I was hoping to find some info to think of stuff to talk about the next day. Instead, we walk the show and shake hands with some of the PR people.
3:55 p.m.: Gordon built a sick IS C for Lexus' booth. It needs some finishing touches and Eddie and I help.
9:46 p.m.: After going back to our hotel rooms to freshen up, we meet up with Ray-an old friend of Gordon and Eddie-at the bar inside the W hotel. Two drinks later, we're in a cab heading to Lexus' reception.
9:56 p.m.: Late, the bouncer at the door is holding the line. Gordon manages to convince the bouncer that he's talent (Jackie Chan's stunt double?) and all three of us get in. Sarah Silverman is on a makeshift stage debating "green" stuff. Strange. Not so strange is the open Patron bar. Shots!
10:26 p.m.: After realizing we skipped the meal portion of the evening and went straight to a liquid dessert, we hit up Carnegie Deli for a late dinner. Langer's here in L.A. owns Carnegie, hard. Two days later I would find that Katz's Deli pwns all.
11:46 p.m.: Stomach insulated, we head back to my Sheraton a block south and hit up the bar. Tipsy, I order a round of Jamison shots and tell the bartender it's Ray's birthday, a complete fib that only I find hilarious. The bartender brings the drinks, wishes Ray a happy birthday and says it's on the house. Feeling guilty, I drop a twenty.
11:57 p.m.: I get a text from Kim: "What r u guys doing?" I reply: "Not much."
11:59 p.m.: Kim texts: "Want to all meet up?" I reply: "Sure."
The end. For you guys, at least.
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